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Thursday 4th September 2008
Surprise Surprise No Change In Base Rates While today’s decision by the Bank of England MPC was literally a no brainer it does not help the thousands of home owners who are struggling to make ends meet. As we read another report from the...
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Thursday 4th September 2008
Does Gordon Brown This He Is King Canute? Just like King Canute believed that he could hold back the sea, only to get his feet wet and retreat with his tail between his legs, so we are seeing a similar story with Gordon Brown. For months... |
Thursday 4th September 2008
Brown Tries To Gloss Over Darlings Remarks Using a keynote speech at the CBI in Scotland we saw Gordon Brown looking more upbeat than he has for some time, more resilient and more candid in his approach to the struggle with the economy.... |
Wednesday 3rd September 2008
Bank of England Set To Keep Rates At 5% As we approach the next Bank of England MPC meeting there is literally no scope for the bank to change rates at the moment. As we have said on so many occasions, inflation is running away while... |
Wednesday 3rd September 2008
What Other Tools Do The MPC Have At Their Disposal? While many countries around the world have a number of tools at their disposal with regards to kick starting an economy, the UK way has always been to use the stick of interest rates to beat life... |
Wednesday 3rd September 2008
Inflation Rate Being Squeezed Higher While officially the general rate of inflation may be just under 5% at the moment this is nowhere near the figure which is emerging from the food sector. It has today been announced that in... |
Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Why Is The Humble Post Office Disappearing? As more MPs join the chorus of criticism for the ever growing closure of post offices across the UK it seems that more and more people are being left stranded. Despite assurance by the government... |
Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Hays Confirms Slowdown In UK Employment Market News that Hays, the recruitment consultant, has posted increased profits of £264 million for the year to 30th June is masking the real impact which the group is feeling in the UK. Much of... |
Tuesday 2nd September 2008
Newlyweds 'hit hard by post-wedding costs' Six in ten married couples face financial strain in the 18 months following their wedding ceremonies, AA Personal Loans claimed today. According to the loans provider, 40 per cent are putting pres... |
Monday 1st September 2008
Crime And The Credit Crunch – What Is The Issue? As the Conservative party continue to crow over their discovery of a confidential draft left from Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to Gordon Brown regarding the expected increase in crime as the economy... |
Sunday 31st August 2008
Why Was Alistair Darling So Frank About The UK Economy? Alistair Darling’s interview with the Guardian newspaper seems to have prompted more questions than it has answered with people still in shock at the style and frankness of the interview and... |
Sunday 31st August 2008
How Did It Go So Wrong For The UK Economy? The Alistair Darling interview with the Guardian newspaper has ‘let the cat out of the bag’ in the words of Shadow Chancellor George Osborne. After months of refuting suggestions that the economy... |
Friday 29th August 2008
Rate cuts 'will be implemented soon by Bank' Interest rates might be reduced to 3.5 per cent over the months to come, Capital Economics suggested today. According to the experts, the 1.5 per cent cut to the Bank of England's current base rat... |
Thursday 28th August 2008
Warning as 0% deals come to an end Millions of credit card users have been warned to exercise caution when they come to the end of their 0% balance transfer deals – as they may become subject to hefty rate rises after their deals... |
Thursday 28th August 2008
Recession in Britain set to last 18 months City analysts today warned the government that the British economy is set to witness a recession which could last up to 18 months. Capital Economics predicts that the gross domestic product for the... |
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